A Co-operative is a group of people who work together in co-operation.
Their working together as a team works because they co-operate.
When everyone co-operates, the co-operative works and the team works in co-operation with other teams.
Successful co-operatives work separately in togetherness.
They own their own authority yet share their power.
Unsuccessful co-operatives work together in separateness.
They have no power because their authority is not their own, they are not authorised to own their own choices.
The limited power that they have comes with the authority that they are given with someone else’s choice and they are dependent on external motivation.
The ability of a co-operative team to work is dependent on the operatives owning their own authority.
Owning my own authority connects me to my own power and empowers me.
It is my connection to my own power & authority that enables my co-operation in the team.
My co-operation as a co-operative allows the Co-operative to work in co-operation as a team.